Landscape with a Large Tree Signed and dated 1780
Oil on canvas | 101.6 x 127.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404590
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Taylor was a landscape painter from Bath who employed the universal Classical manner of the period, ultimately derived from Claude and Gaspard Dughet, but re-invented by Richard Wilson (1714-82) and Thomas Jones (1742-1803). This painting was among a group of eighteen pictures which were sent up to Carlton House in February 1822 on offer from Dr J. Taylor, the artist’s son. Three are still to be found in the collection (OM 1132-4, 404590-1 and 403900). Taylor seems to have changed his mind regarding the position of figures in the composition. Cleaning revealed that the artist had originally placed two figures at the lower right. Signed: J Taylor 1780 (initials in monogram)
Provenance
Presented to George IV by the artist's son, Dr J Taylor in 1822; added to the Carlton House inventories dated 1816 (no 593) and 1819 (no 588); recorded as being in Buckingham Palace in 1843
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
101.6 x 127.2 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
121.5 x 147.1 x 7.5 cm (frame, external)